Exploring the best performing commercial wind turbines for different wind regimes in a target market

53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chowdhury, Souma ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Catalano, Matthew ^a   Mehmani, Ali ^b   Notaro, Samuel J ^b   Messac, Achille ^b   Castillo, Luciano ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; COMPLEX TERRAINS; FEATURE COMBINATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS; REMOTE LOCATION; WIND FARM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATIONS; WIND RESOURCES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FEEDBACK CONTROL; RATING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84880807356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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